The finalists for the annual honor are wide receivers Quinshad Davis of Gaffney and Shaq Roland of Lexington, quarterbacks Reese Hannon from Greer and Caleb Rowe from Blue Ridge, and Chesnee linebacker Nathanael Moore.

If all he did was catch passes, Malcolm Culmer would be one of the top players around. But Culmer did so much more than that. When injuries felled the Chimeras’ quarterback and tailback, he moved into the backfield and became an even more potent weapon. Culmer had a pair of 100-yard rushing games and even threw a touchdown pass this season.